cve/2005/CVE-2005-4874.md

### [CVE-2005-4874](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4874)
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### Description

The XMLHttpRequest object in Mozilla 1.7.8 supports the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain (1) proxy authentication passwords via a request with a "Max-Forwards: 0" header or (2) arbitrary local passwords on the web server that hosts this object.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297078

#### Github
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